Victory: An Island Tale

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Page 4 Every one in that part of the world knew of him , dwelling on his little island . An
island is but the top of a mountain . Axel Heyst , perched on it immovably , was
surrounded , instead of the imponderable stormy and transparent ocean of air ...

Page 15 Morrison knew no more of Heyst than the rest of us trading in the Archipelago did
. Had the Swede suddenly risen and hit him on the nose , he could not have been
taken more aback than when this stranger , this nondescript wanderer , said ...

Page 17 He knew very well his inability to lay by any sum of money . It was partly the fault
of circumstances and partly of his temperament ; and it would have been very
difficult to apportion the responsibility between the two . Even Morrison himself ...

Page 26 I knew it . But what I would like to know is what became of that — Swede . ” He
put a stress on the word Swede as if it meant scoundrel . He detested
Scandinavians generally . Why ? Goodness only knows . A fool like that is
unfathomable .

Page 29 It is to be noted that he knew very little of Heyst . He was one of those whom
Heyst ' s finished courtesy of attitude and intonation most strongly disconcerted .
He himself was a fellow of fine feeling , I think , though of course he had no more
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